CHINA AGAIN BLOCKS TAIWAN'S UN ENTRY

For the fourth successive year, China blocked a move by Taiwan's allies Wednesday to get the General Assembly to consider readmitting the island to the United Nations.

The UN also rejected a donation of $160,000 raised by Taiwanese groups to help the bankrupt organization pay its bills. The decision reflects the UN's sensitivity to any issues related to Beijing's antagonism toward Taipei; China considers Taiwan a renegade province.

Earlier, a blimp with pro-Taiwan slogans floated over the UN building.

Swaziland, one of the 16 countries promoting Taiwan, called for its admittance.

Taiwan lost its UN seat in 1971, when the organization accepted the communist government in Beijing as the sole representative of the Chinese people.